United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special procedures of the commission on human rights - complementarity or competition? 3 -- La proteccion internacional de los derechos humanos y el Comite 25 -- Le Comite des Droits de l'Homme des Nations-Unies - Aux confins d'une juridiction internationale des Droits de l'Homme 41 -- Un Zoulou au Palais Wilson 61 -- Solid foundations 73 -- Problemes particuliers rencontres dans les premieres annees d'activite du Comite 79 -- The human rights committee's pronouncements on the right to an effective remedy - an illustration of the legal nature of the committee's work under the optional protocol 101 -- Los estados de excepcion y la proteccion de los derecho humanos 117 -- Reflections on article 5 of the international covenant on civil and political rights 127 -- La peine de mort et le Pacte international sur les droits civils et politiques 147 -- El Comite de Derechos Humanos y la objecion de conciencia al servicio militar 155 -- Democracy and liberty as human rights 173 -- The human rights committee's general comment on article 25 181 -- The evolution and problems of the jurisprudence of the human committee's views concerning article 26 205 -- The human rights committee's jurisprudence on article 26 - a pyrrhic victory? 225 -- The domestic application of the covenant in Australia 251